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- 2003
- Unrated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 33 m
- 2003
- Unrated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 33 m
Summary A haunting and riveting exploration of the human body as a boundary -- and a battleground -- between the individual and the often unreachable world outside. (Wellspring Media)
Directed By: Marina de Van
Written By: Marina de Van
- 2003
- Unrated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 33 m
- 2003
- Unrated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 33 m
In My Skin
68
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Summary A haunting and riveting exploration of the human body as a boundary -- and a battleground -- between the individual and the often unreachable world outside. (Wellspring Media)
Directed By: Marina de Van
Written By: Marina de Van
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
68
78% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
11% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
11% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
68
78% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
11% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
11% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Without deploying reductive backstory or simplistic psychology, this fearless movie -- easily the year's best debut feature -- illuminates Esther's pathology as an extreme response to the mind-body split.
As unrelenting an exploration of isolation and dissociation as Roman Polanski's "Repulsion."
As psychological drama, In My Skin falls short. But as pure horror, it's unforgettable.
The results are unsparingly perverse and oddly spellbinding.
The movie surely owes something to Polanski, Cronenberg, et al., in its use of an apparently placid, upper-middle-class setting as the background for perverse horrors, but De Van's fearless, high-wire performance is uniquely its own.
Spectacularly grotesque and literally nauseating, even for this usually intrepid moviegoer, In My Skin is among the more disturbing films in this blood-drenched cinematic season.
A bloody mess.
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Production Company
Lazennec & Associés,
Canal+,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Natexis Banques Populaires Images 2
Release Date Nov 7, 2003
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating Unrated
Tagline Some Truths Cut Deep.
Awards
Fantasia Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Nomination
